Originally Posted by
nene
This is exactly why this (and any SLI merger) should be done baseball style(where each side presents it's best final offer and the mediator picks which ever proposal in entirety that he/she deems as the most "fair", IE no splitting the baby).
It forces each side to be as reasonable as possible and address their own side's pilots concerns vice shooting for the moon and setting up unrealistic expectations. It promotes more harmony in the process which can make the end result more palatable.
The elephant in room that no one is talking about… The JCBA. The HA contract is so far behind are we going to spend all our capital just to get them up to average, while no gains are made for the AS side? This could drag on for a very long time, especially when it comes down to a vote with two different pilot groups.
We need a JCBA that benefits all brothers and sisters in the new group and let the chips fall were they may in an SLI.